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After arriving 50 min late (thank you SJ) I finally got back home last night. I slept like a baby until 10 am when i woke up to go and collect some packages that arrived while I was away. Here they are! The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Collector's Edition (Xbox 360) Assassin's Creed - … Continue reading Back from Stockholm
Boston Dynamics, the creator of AlphaDog, reveals its latest creation - the PETMAN! PETMAN is an anthropomorphic robot developed by Boston Dynamics for testing special clothing used by the US Army. PETMAN balances itself as it walks, squats and does simple calisthenics. PETMAN simulates human physiology by controlling temperature, humidity and sweating inside the … Continue reading PETMAN
So, it finally happened. I have written over 400 pages. Even though it feels like a momentous achievement there is more to be done! Four more major events need to happen so it might, unfortunately, be up to another 100 pages before I call the first draft complete. That would bring me back to 80% … Continue reading 99% Complete
The iPhone 4S has been announced and so far the internet community is enraged. Well, not me, of course. I am a bit disappointed with the hardware specs but the iPhone was never known for that to begin with. No Apple products are. They are know for their software. Since the old iPhones can upgrade … Continue reading iPhone 4S, Siri, and Denise
Just came across this clip on Youtube and felt I had to share it. From the description of the video: The left clip is a segment of the movie that the subject viewed while in the magnet. The right clip shows the reconstruction of this movie from brain activity measured using fMRI. The reconstruction was obtained using … Continue reading Amazing mind-read technology!
Before I dwell further into the topic of Transhumanism I would like you to watch two clips. The first one is an advert for the fictional human augmentation company, found in Deus Ex: Human Revolution, called "Sarif Industries." The second clip is a propaganda film by the fictional anti-augmentation group, also found in Deus Ex: Human Revolution, … Continue reading Roots of Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Transhumanism
F. H. Hakansson 